Lost in the sea of MWC news this week was the formal stance that Verizon Wireless took in regards to the possibility of allowing its handsets to ship with unlocked booloaders. As Verizon shipped the first generation Motorola Droid with an open bootloader, it was thought that the carrier did so initially in order to […]

Verizon has opened up a sign up page for the forthcoming Motorola Droid Bionic Android smartphone with a new Summer launch timeframe. The phone was introduced during CES this past January and meant to launch in the Spring before being pulled for a complete redesign which surfaced in new images last month. The Droid Bionic […]

The forthcoming Verizon Android 2.2 Motorola Droid update being rolled out to customers this week will omit two key features natively supported in the latest Android version in Mobile Hotspot support and in support for tethering via USB.Â Verizon spokesperson Brenda Raney issued the following statement: “The Droid by Motorola doesn’t have [the] hardware to […]

Image courtesy of DroidForums Verizon internal documentation has surfaced confirming that the first generation Motorola Droid and the three month old Motorola Devour are now on the end of life cycle with the carrier and are close to being discontinued completely. The Droid will be replaced by the Droid 2 next month, and the Devour […]

A workflow for manually updating the Verizon Motorola Droid is now available for those not patient enough to wait for the OTA update. Download the update from this location. Rename the file from signed-voles-ESE81-from-ESD56.fa406da6.zip to update.zip. Take the microSD card from the phone, plug it into a microSD card reader. Drag and drop the â€œupdate.zipâ€ […]

Verizon is beginning to stage and slowly roll out the long-awaited Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid. The update began rolling out at noon EDT for 1000 users, with another 9000 users receiving notifications tonight before midnight EDT ahead of a wider rollout on Thursday according to the internal memo found at the Read […]

Verizon Wireless has announced that the Skype mobile application for smartphones will be available starting tomorrow on March 25. As previously reported, the Skype mobile application will offer free Skype-to-Skype calling over Verizon’s CDMA network, in addition to cheaper international calls. Interested customers will need a compatible Verizon Wireless smartphone and data plan to use […]

In a joint press conference during MWC, Verizon and Skype have announced that the carrier will support Skype services over Verizon’s cellular network with the release of a new access client beginning next month. The newly developed Skype Mobile client for Verizon allows for direct Skype-Skype calling, SkypeOut calling and instant messaging over the voice […]